Ask HN: Best book for learning advanced javascript

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I am a front-end developer, and over the last few years I have become a bit fuzzy on my raw-javascript skills due to a heavy reliance on jQuery. After seeing some of the amazing stuff that node/backbone/other js frameworks are accomplishing, I think its time to dive in head-first to some more advanced JS. Any suggestions for books/sites/tutorials to put me in the right direction. Much appreciated!

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The best I have found for advanced javascript to be is "Secrets of the Javascript Ninja"[1] by John Resig and Bear Bibeault. Highly recommended. Currently I am reading "Javascript web applications"[2] by Alex MacCaw and it seems to be well written and to the point as well.

[1] http://www.manning.com/resig/ [2] http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920018421.do

I recommend not 1, but 3. Even better if you read them in this order:

Javascript: The Good Parts by Crockford Javascript Patterns, by Stefanov Javascript Web Applications, by MacCaw

Not a book but a end-to-end JavaScript platform. I would recommend looking at the Wakanda platform (www.wakanda.org). Wakanda will let you develop with JavaScript from end-to-end. Your database are JavaScript objects, your server side logic is JavaScript, your front end is a JavaScript framework. And you can design in the GUI or in the code editor.

I'll go to with the 'The Good Parts' book but compliment it with 'High Performance Javascript' by Zakas. It comes as a natural continuation of it after you have everything from 'Good Parts' sink in in your head

The obvious one is "The Good Parts" by Crockford.

Ironically, the most useful part of this book is near the end "Appendix B: Bad Parts".

Thanks!

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